Mars Chocolate
A shopkeeper removes Mars Bars and Snickers Bars from the shelves of her convenience store in the wake of a chocolate bar poison threat in Sydney. A shopkeeper removes Mars Bars and Snickers Bars from the shelves of her convenience store in the wake of a chocolate bar poison threat in Sydney July 2, 2005. Manufacturers of the chocolates, Masterfoods, have received a letter saying seven bars have been contaminated, forcing a withdrawal of all the confectionary across the state of New South Wales. Reuters

Experts from Glasgow University have claimed that eating deep-fried Mars bar can increase the chances of having a stroke within minutes. The deep-fried Mars bar has 1,200 calories and is considered the unhealthiest snack in Scotland.

According to the Daily Record, the snack has so much fat that it has the ability of slowing down the supply of blood to the brain. It was said that the men who have narrow arteries are at most danger of having a stroke.

Lead researcher of the study, Professor Matthew Walters is a stroke consultant at Glasgow's Western Infirmary as well as the director of the Scottish Stroke Research Network. He and his researchers looked out for 24 volunteers who ate the deep-fried Mars bar. It was found that an hour and a half later, the blood flow to the brain in the men had slowed down while there was no change in the blood flow for the women.

A student, William Dunn, performed the scans on the volunteers. He explained that eating a sugar and fat filled snack can have an affect on the blood flow to the brain. He continued that the change in the blood flow had previously been linked to a higher risk of having a stroke. He also noted that the changes in the scan were modest.

It was said before that the snack, which is associated with Scotland by the international community, was a symbol of the negatives of the high-fat Scottish diet. The symbol was considered an urban myth and researchers had found that around 22 percent of the chip shops sell the battered food item.

The co-chair of the McCarrison Society, Robert Brown, said that if one eats a Mars bar, don't batter it because fat, frying, carbohydrates and heavily processed food is all rolled into one in the unhealthy snack. He doesn't believe in banning the snack, but said that re-education was necessary.

The Scottish Medical Journal carries the results of the investigation.

Before the Scottish independence referendum results came out as a 'no', Nadine Dorries, the Conservative Member of Parliament for Mid Bedfordshire, had asked why they were paying for deep-fried mars bar when they couldn't even have access to decent health care in the country, reported the Daily Mail.